6th March 2023

Suffolk Masonic Charity Clay Shoot at Eriswell Lodge Shooting Ground

What a wonderful day it finally turned out to be on Saturday 4th March 2023. The weather was a little cold with a crisp breeze but at least it stayed dry apart from a brief drizzle. The Suffolk Masonic Clay Shooting Society (SMaCSS) were pleased to host thirty six keen clay shooters comprised of Suffolk Masons, Masons of other provinces and shooting friends at the Eriswell Lodge Shooting Ground, Suffolk to shoot our winter 100 bird sporting competition. The event was kicked off by a plated English breakfast before SMaCSS Chairman Roger Nash opened the day with a Suffolk welcome, a safety briefing and an outline of CPSA rules for the day. With that said, all shooters readied themselves to head onto the shooting ground in their respective squads. The sporting layout for the day was comprised of twelve stands of eight or ten clays (affectionally known as birds) per stand with varied difficulty to suit the social and serious shooter. One particular stand of a pair of high crossing birds really did test the serious shooter and ruined plenty of scorecards of those who failed to find the flight line.

After three hours of shooting the results were collated and announced. In 1stplace with 79/100 was Phil Ramsey (Suffolk Masons), 2ndplace with 74/100 was Chris Ray (East Kent Masons) and in 3rdplace with 73/100 was Keith Kilbourne (Norfolk Masons), another satisfying day for the Suffolk Masons.

We concluded the day with a raffle and totalled the money raised for charity for which we are delighted to report was £700.

To learn more about The Suffolk Masonic Clay Shooting Society visit: https://smacss.org